Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Interdisciplinary palliative care delivery can help to improve quality and health disparities among underserved cancer patient populations, according to oncology specialists. Cancer patients across diverse cultural, ethnic and racial backgrounds often lack access to goal-concordant care that sufficiently addresses their physical, emotional and spiritual needs, according to Nadine Barrett, president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC).

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Bayshore Care Home

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Best Tool for Being Prepared is Being Educated As you begin to notice the signs of aging in your parents, it can feel overwhelming and confusing. Theres a lot. The post Home Care Explained: Let Bayshore Home Care Show You the Way first appeared on Bayshore Home Care.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

A joint venture between home-based care provider Compassus and the Providence health system has been delayed due an ongoing state review in Oregon. Compassus in October formed a joint venture with Providence to assume management of its home-based care business lines, with each company owning a 50% stake. Branded as Providence at Home with Compassus, the JV includes 17 hospice and palliative care locations in Alaska, California, Oregon, Texas and Washington state.

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Nurse Nacole

JANUARY 3, 2025

Category: Critical Care Nursing PETCO2 monitoring is valuable in patients after return of spontaneous circulation to monitor endotracheal tube placement, titrate minute ventilation to avoid hyperventilation and detect sudden hemodynamic deterioration.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Pennant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG) completed its $80 million acquisition of Signature Healthcare at Homes hospice and home health assets. Pennant closed the deal on seven of Signatures Oregon locations on Jan. 1. The company previously completed the purchase of Signatures Idaho and Washington assets on August 1, 2024. Acquiring Signature will boost Pennants existing presence across three states.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Hospice leaders will need to keep their eyes on five key trends in the new year when it comes to compliance, business operations and finance. Coupled with these trends is rising utilization. Hospice utilization reached 51.7% among Medicare decedents in 2023, up more than two percentage points from the prior year, according to recent data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).

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